Chapter 715: The tougher you are, the more I want to catch you!

Ning was clearing Magic Swamp Frogs when he saw the whole process of Rookie being caught; facing Rookie's complaints, his response was speechless.

Because Rookie's point was correct, Ning himself was also a bit frightened; at this moment he was likewise in shock—damn, this thing is insanely strong!

The commentators were also discussing in amazement.

"Ezreal has completely fallen into a sewer hero in the bot lane, yet who would have thought that coming to the jungle position he could actually exert such miraculous effect!"

"Yes, a hero with absolutely no crowd control skills, grabbing people with red buff at level two is actually stronger than some mobility-based rhythm heroes!"

"It's too scary, this is purely relying on the buff and long-range advantage to forcefully catch, but don't say, the effect is explosively good!"

"Hey, I feel Ezreal jungle is going to blow up!"

"I also think..."

Bullet comments:

【Coach, I want to learn this!】

【Just woke up and came in, I saw this……Ezreal jungle?! Am I still dreaming?】

【Ezreal jungle, godly understanding】

【Is there any bro who understands can explain why Rookie was so cooperative this wave, walking right onto Jiao Shen's face to get caught?】

【Don't bother learning it, you guys can't learn it; watching Jiao Shen play looks simple, but actually trying it yourself you might not even be able to beat the jungle monsters haha】

【Don't recommend learning any unorthodox strategies, because you lack the operation and understanding!】

【Not recommended to post bullet comments for ranks below Gold!】

【For ranks below Diamond, it's advised not to watch the match】

【If you ask me, ranks below King are all trash】

Rookie, who was beaten down and forced to recall before finishing two waves of minions, had little money, couldn't even afford a Doran's Ring; but if he returned to lane without buying anything, the upcoming laning would be very tough, because Ziggs versus Ahri inherently only has a clear advantage in the first two levels, after that it's basically even or even Ahri gains advantage after level six; now Ahri has gotten a perfect recall opportunity, after buying items he can still walk back to lane, whereas Rookie went out without buying anything, making it impossible to suppress the opponent.

And if mid lane lacks advantage, Ning's Kai'Sa cannot invade the enemy jungle, rendering this champion essentially useless.

Therefore, Rookie gritted his teeth and spent all his money, buying a rechargeable potion with two charges and a Control Ward, then headed out.

At this point, Rita actually had match-reading ability not inferior to most male commentators; she noticed Rookie's equipment details and immediately said: "Rookie is having a rough time, going home he can't afford anything, to guarantee lane combat ability he bought a health potion, his money is probably all spent; if he doesn't achieve any effect going forward, his development will be far worse than Zyra's."

Wang Duo Duo quickly pondered and understood Rita's meaning, nodding: "That's right, this is actually a playstyle of 'if not successful, then benevolent'; Rookie invested all the gains from the first minute into items that don't boost his own stats, which means his item completion is delayed by one minute; if these items fail to help him or the team gain sufficient profit, it's a pure loss."

"Yes, so professional players rarely buy health potions after the starting items, because it's truly a waste of money. Rookie's play this time was too damaging."

"Exactly, this is a battle of details. The key is Ezreal jungle—none of us have ever seen it, IG definitely hasn't either, and Ning Wang probably doesn't know how to counter it right now!"

"By the way, what do you think about a one-on-one jungle duel—can Kai'Sa beat Ezreal?"

"Um..."

"Errm..."

Ning was also thinking about this problem.

At this moment, top laner Theshy's Jax was pressing Flandre's Malphite, having a slight lane edge but unable to press anything; Malphite's last hits weren't falling behind, and the only help it could give Ning was influence over lane priority.

On mid lane, Rookie returned to lane, relying on the advantage from the health potion, barely managing to trade health evenly with Ahri, but Ahri had indeed eaten two waves of minions before going home (and later also ate a cannon wave), gaining an extra magic tome, making her true combat strength somewhat greater than Ziggs'; plus Ahri has a mobility skill, making her naturally more mobile than Ziggs, and she also has an advantage of a leading Flash; if a 2v2 jungle fight breaks out in mid, VG is clearly stronger.

We can't drag mid lane into this; top laner Theshy can't help much either, and bot lane is in a stalemate, so Ning can only rely on himself.

Can he alone beat Ezreal?

Ning cleared jungle while thinking, pondering for about half a minute, feeling that in the end he still needed to watch the play twice; if his W skill lands, he should be able to win, if it misses, he will likely be kited to death by Ezreal's long-range advantage.

Should he compete in mechanics with Jiao Shen?

Ning is an extremely confident player, even somewhat arrogant, but when facing actual mechanical differences, even Ning must admit he's inferior; moreover, Kai'Sa's W skill isn't something particularly hard to dodge.

If so, Ning has only one path left.

Kai'Sa clears jungle with extremely high efficiency; after finishing a circuit, Ning recalled on the spot, went home to buy a batch of equipment, quickly came out to the lower river, ate the river crab, then went behind mid lane and began a fasting counter-ambush.

On the other side, Liang Yan, after catching that wave in mid lane, also ate an upper river crab on the way, then similarly returned to his jungle, cleared a circuit, and found a spot near the lane to recall.

Rookie's act of buying a health potion let Liang Yan instantly see through his laning strategy; he likewise headed straight to mid lane upon leaving base.

The tougher you are, the more I want to catch you!

Liang Yan's counter-strategy has always been like this.

The time had come to five and a half minutes; under normal circumstances, both sides' mid lane were about to hit level six.

Ning's Kai'Sa stood beneath the red side's middle tower turret root, hidden in the fog of war behind Rookie.

Liang Yan's Ezreal likewise hid in the side-rear of the "thief thief attitude", lurking in the shadow of the small path behind the blue side's F6 camp.

Jiao Shen came again; it looks like he still wants to catch that Ziggs without Flash.

Rookie needs to be careful, otherwise he'll suffer again.

Yes, but Jiao Shen should wait for Zyra to hit level six before acting, otherwise the damage might not be enough, since Ning is also lurking nearby in counter-ambush.

However, Zyra's experience is still lacking quite a bit; it feels like we need to wait for the next minion wave…

Everyone thought Ezreal would wait for Ahri to hit level six before acting.

However, the battle erupted prematurely.